Saddle-bag



(No Model.)

J. N. ANDERSON.

SADDLE BAG.

Patented June 18, 18819.

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A UNITED STATES AfrENT OEEICE,

JESSE NELSON ANDERSON, OF OONVAY, MISSOURI.

SADDLE-BAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 405,649, dated June 18,1889. Application lecl March 20, 1889. Serial No, 303,952. (No model.)

To all whom vit may concern.'

Be it known that I, JEssE NELSON ANDER- SON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Oonway, in the county of Laclede and State ofMissouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Saddle-Bags, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in saddle-bags designed especiallyfor the use of physicians; and it consists in a certain novelconstruction and combination of devices fully described hereinafter, inconnection with the accompanying drawings, and specically pointed out inthe claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a verticalsectional view of one of the pockets. Fig. 3 is a view of the blank fromwhich the pocket is formed. Fig. 4 is a view of one of the pockets withthe Hap thrown back. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the lap-board.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A A designate the pockets,preferably rectangular in shape, the backs B B of which are extended upto form the cars l) ZJ, and C designates a connecting-band which isriveted to the said ears and extends down over the front of the pocketsto form the closing-flaps c c. The free lower ends of the saidclosing-flaps are provided with suitable catch or locking de- -vices DD, which consist of a plate d, provided with a perforation d to receivea shoulder-stud d? on the front of the pocket and the slotted slide cl3,which fits at its edges in grooves d* d* at the sides of the plate andis adapted to slide down and engage under the shoulders on the stud.This slide is provided at its upper 'en d with a flange or edge d5,whereby it may be manipulated.

The pockets are each formed of a single piece of leather and consist ofthe back fold B, the bottom fold E, integral with the back fold, theside folds F F, integral with the back fold and provided at their lowerends with ears f f, which are riveted to the bottom fold, and the frontflaps G G, integral with the side folds and connected together at theirfree ends by rivets or a front plate g, as shown in the drawings. Thesefront iiaps cover the upper portion of the front of the pocket, thelower portion thereof being filled by a swinging box H, the front side Kof which is formed integral with the bottom of the pocket, therebyhinging the said box to the bottom of the pocket. The sides LL of thebox are formed integral with the front K, and the rear flaps M M areformed integral with the sides and are connected at their adjacent freeedges by rivets. This swinging box is provided with a metallic lining N,which fits snugly therein and gives stiffness thereto, and Awhen thecatch on the free end of the closing-flap is engaged with the stud d2,which is arranged on the front side of the swinging box, the latter isheld in place. Hooks O O are arranged in the pocket to engage the upperedge of the swinging box and limit its outward swing. The pocket is alsoprovided with a metallic lining P, which is provided with a recess p toreceive the swinging box, and the interior of the lining is divided intocompartments s, as shown, to receive the various sizes of vials which aphysician desires to carry. l

In the compartment Q, which is arranged at the back of the pocket, isiitted the removable tray q, which contains an upper compartment q forvials and a lower compartment q2 for instruments, duc. The compartmentR, which is arranged at the front of the pocket over the swinging box,is divided into smaller subdivisions To" by the transverse partitions 7"r. The compartment q is also subdivided by the transverse partitions r2.

From the above description it will be seen that the pocket is formed ina single piece of leather, which is provided with a metallic lining togive it stiffness, and the connectingband is extended to form thecovering-flap, which extends over the upper and front side of the pocketand is provided with a catch to secure it in its closed position.

A lap-board w, (shown in Fig. 5,) consisting of the relatively slidingsections. w w, connected by the ears 'zo' w', is arranged in the pocketin rear of the long bottles and is adapted to be used by the physicianin mixing and preparing medicines.

Having thus described the invention, I claiml. A saddle-bag providedwith a pocket and having a removable folding board consisting ofoverlapping sections, as w, provided with opposite slides w',substantially as specified.

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y 2. In saddle-bags, the pocket having a pivoted boX tting in anopening,` in its front side, the hooks to limit the outward swing of theboX, the covering-nap extending over the upper and front sides of thepockets, and the catch on the free end of the said flap, consisting of aplate Which is provided with a perforation to t over a shoulder-stud onthe front side of the swinging boX, and the slide mounted on the saidplate and provided With a slot to engage the stud, substantially as andfor the purpose specified.

3. In saddle-bags, the pocket formed from a single piece of leather,consisting of the back fold B, the bottom fold E, the side folds F F,provided with ears ff, Which are secured to the' bottom fold, the frontiiaps G G, oonneoted at their free edges, the fold K, which forms thefront of a swinging box, and the folds L L and M M, which form the sidesand rear of the said box, substantially as speciied.

4. The pocket G, herein described, provided with an opening in its frontWall, having a pivoted metal-lined pocket mounted therein, and a metallining' mounted in the pocket G, Which pocket is longitudinallysubdivided and provided with metal compartment form-v ing transversepartitions, substantially as speciiied.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two Witnesses.

` JESSE NELSON ANDERSON. Witnesses:

OLE M. GUNDnRsoN, RUFUs PHILLIPS.

